The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-28
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4 MONT or BRILLIANT sPEECuES IN
THE UOUsE OF COMMONS

IAlEO NEWO FlOm LOlloA lie
yrour or BRILLIANT sPEECuEs IN
THE BOUsE OF COMMONS
o,.a.,eue In Hixh Coed nu~sr Over tho
r,i,t,cnl situntion-Th~ CRAFTY Ayeub's
E.eope from Pers,n-scandni In the ROYAL
ramIiy OF Austria-Crown Princess ste-
,hnuie, EnraRcd at her Husband, Goes
MACH 10 Beigium-LesinR Faith In Pas
teur-Or the British Turf.
s~u,sM les7 By Tn. sur rrtniae and fuonshtns
<ssoeiot,oa.
LONDON, Aug N.-In q short cable Inst
.,rbt Informed you OF the result Of the de-
bnte In the House on the proclamation OF the
National Tongue, and OF tho abandonment OF
tho Government, temporarily ut lcnst. by Joe
chamberlain and his little band of immediate
followers, No more significant political event
has occurred In the week than this sudden
obaneo on the part OF Chamberlain. at one
time the most bitter rs vol as most hopeful Of
N. Unionists and anti. Gladstonians. for his
sudden abandonment, which Il practically is,
az the Unionisty, shows how great w1vering
there must DO In the rank and file Of the party.
Tbe,c ia little doubt that with the exception Of
harrington and q few wooden minds OF his
type. the Union army ID already melted away.
and that It's members are deferred from rush
ing in body to tho Liberal camp only by tho
hatred OF Gladstone with which they have fred
themselves by the convenient method OF
abusing the Grand Old Man. and thus easing
their ,onsc!encos OF the crime OF treachery In
abandoning him.
But besides Chamberlain and his immediate
Unionist body guard who voted squarely
against their Tory allios. there were seventeen
of the Mugwump seceders from Gladstone
who stayed away so as to avoid voting at all
OF their sixty-two Unionists the Tories
found only forty seven to support them In their
hour OF trial. md those supporters. from Hart
ington down were sadly wavering lot.
Harcourt. whose speech was one Of his finest
Efforts, and which included q grand political
slaughter Of the Tories exulted tremendously
In the sliaky state Of Torylsm. and. shaking his
head al tho Government bench. made merry
their boast. SO recently uttered, that they were
to form resolute Government Of twenty years.
and said what Is fast becoming tho opinion OF
the country:
IL doubt II you vii, see twenty months Of
your resolute Government, with its irresolute
supporters"
wish that all Americans might have heard
the fiery speeches and the bowls and yells and
grosns and Kisses and Interruptions OF evory
sort which filed the House for hours and hours.
The best speech was made by Timothy Healy.
. little man physically. but who has shown
himself a very big man in the Irish fight. 1t
was better than Harcourt's. though not 80
sledgehammerlike. better even than Glad
stones Of the night before. for II came right
out Of the fighting Irishman's heart
The Grand Old Man. who usually dozes
through speeches which come from friends and
which he does not need to fight against, did
not close an eye or even lean back once. On
the contrary. be applauded and cheered most
Hgoi ously. and after 1t WAS over shook hands
enthusiastically with Mr.. Healy and refrained
with apparent difficulty from patting him ON
the back. One OF the interesting features Of
the scene outside Of its purely political aspect
was the great spruceness and high good
humor of the Grand Old Man. which Is
constantly increasing. His approaching re-
turn to power seems to have filed
him with care rs 70 his personal appearance
quite unprecedented. Instead Of dress suit,
exposing only u meaRre little v shaped section
Of his shirt front. Mr.. Gladstone now revels In
waistcoat OF most conventional q shape. and
In display OF white linen and shirt studs rival
ling that of the most bloodsd young Tory
across the House. Besides which. the Grand
Old Man has had his hair cut very short, which
makes him look extremely pugnacious. and
Has taken to carefully trimming his whiskers.
No one would be surprised II. before the session
10 out. Mr.. Gladstone should buy new hat, or
even pair Of striped trousers.
Yesterday new feature and q most inter-
ssting one was added to the night enjoyed by
visitors to the House OF Commons. About s
o'clock very old white headed man. dressed
In very light cloth. with q huge soft hat, APP
peared at the bar Of the House and was put
n-ho 4 A.
scrbed hummery In general which accom-.
psnies the taking Of his seat by any new mem
Der. The clerks, wigged and powdered. found
i hard to put the venerable member through
bis PAGES with the customary Formally. He
Insisted on talking from the floor to members
whom he recognized on back Seats shook
hands With Balfour. the poor. thin little
Secretary for Ireland, most violently
shook hands likewise with the Speaker.
with Smith, the smooth headed and
worried leader OF the House, and with
Gladstone sat In the place Of member OF the
government and made himself generally ut
noms. No one dared Interfere. however,. for the
Dug white-haired man was the O'Gorman
Ashon who mnde himself comfortable in the
House In precisely the same way more than
nail century ago. when most Of the present
members were babies: and he had come In his
old ago to represent county Carlow and SEQ II
ieeislatng WAS as pleasant as ever. Tho
UGorman Mahon has had glorious career.
ne has been thorough Irishman since 1920.
when he first entorod the House. and was
tho same long before that. When O'Connell
was hrst nominated he was seconded by u man
IN Green who sat In the gallery. and whom. tho
MOB gathered together by the landlords began
70 make themselves disaGrseabie the Same
man In green leaned down. and. shaking his
nst. informed them that any one who abused
vUonneil would have an opportunity Of being
kuied BY him when no got outside. The crowd
was outlet 1t once. for the man In green was
me odorman. already noted duelllst. and
now the greatest OF the few who remain Of the
eensration OF Irish hghters.
Ihree weeks ago I told you how Lord Sails
pury. speaking aftor the turtle soup OF the
Loru Mayors providing. talked gleofully of tho
so'tement OF the Afghan boundary question
sha concluded from tho arrangements made
mat peace had come to stay between England
ana Russia. It was generally imagined that
salisbury had bcen made happy too easily. and
airoauy O rude awnkaD from hia draa m NJ